The BlackBerry Z10: How It Stacks Up Against The iPhone, Android And Windows 8 Superphones [Chart]

It’s official: the BlackBerry Z10, the first smartphone to ship with the new BlackBerry 10 operating system, and what many believe is the last chance for BlackBerry (formerly RIM) to save itself from complete irrelevance.

The early reviews of the Z10 aren’t bad, but aren’t great, pretty much agreeing that the smartphone is just good enough to buy BlackBerry some time. But how does it stack up, spec-for-spec, against the iPhone 5 and some of Android’s top phones? We’ve put together a chart for you to see for yourself.

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BlackBerry Z10

iPhone 5

Nokia Lumia 920

Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX HD

Samsung Galaxy SIII

HTC One X

Operating System

BlackBerry 10

iOS 6

Windows Phone 8

Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich

Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich

Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwitch

Display

4.2-inch LCD display (1280 x 768)

4-inch Retina display (1136×640)

4.3-inch AMOLED display (800×480)

4.7-inch Super AMOLED display (1280×720)

4.8-inch Super AMOLED display (1280×720)

4.7-inch Super LCD 2 display (1280×720)

PPI

356

326

332

312

306

312

Processor

1.2GHz dual-core

1.3GHz dual-core A6

1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4

1.5GHz dual-core

1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4

1.5 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A9

RAM

2GB

1GB

1GB

1GB

1GB-2GB

1GB

Storage

16GB + microSD slot

16GB, 32GB, 64GB

32GB

32GB + microSD slot

16GB, 32GB, 64GB

32GB

Camera(s)

8MP (rear) + 2MP (front)

8MP (rear) with f2.4 + 1.3MP (front)

8.7MP PureView (rear) + 1.3MP (front)

8MP (rear) + 1.3MP (front)

8MP (rear) + 1.9MP (front)

8MP (rear) + 1.3MP (front)

Wireless

UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, GSM, CDMA, LTE

UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, GSM, CDMA, LTE

HSDPA, GSM, LTE

HSDPA, GSM, CDMA, LTE

UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, GSM, CDMA, LTE

UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+, GSM

Dimensions

130mm x 66mm x 9.3mm

123.83 x 58.57 x 7.6 mm

130.3 x 70.8 x 10.7 mm

131.9 x 67.9 x 9.3 mm

136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm

134.4 x 69.9 x 8.9 mm

Weight

136 g

112 g

185 g

157 g

133 g

130 g

Battery

1,800 mAh

1,440 mAh, 3.8V

2,000 mAh

3,300 mAh

2,100 mAh, 3.8V

1,800 mAh

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As you can see, hardware-wise, the BlackBerry Z10 is about on-par with what we expect from a modern smartphone, but doesn’t exactly push the envelope in anything except pixel density. And with Mobile World Congress 2013 right around the corner, it’s likely that before the Z10 even launches in March, we’ll see some smartphones that blow the BlackBerry 10 out of the water.

Even so, compared to the hardware Dark Ages that BlackBerry users have been haunting up until now, the Z10 is clearly a step in the right direction: the first truly modern BlackBerry that the company has introduced in years. But are decent specs alone enough to stop BlackBerry’s calamitous plummet when it comes to market share?